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E153.7 km
Monumento Mitad del Mundo - Quito, Ecuador
in Philatelic Photographs
This 20 sucre stamp from 1986 commemorates the 250th anniversary of the mapping of the Equator.
posted by: Trail Blaisers
location: Ecuador
date approved: 06/29/2014
last visited: 09/20/2022
2,483 m - Quito, Ecuador
in Elevation Signs
Find the coordinates on the monument marking the Equator. Due to some miscalculations 268 years ago, the surveyors were about 30 metres off. Based on my lack of breath, I can only assume the altitude here at 1.5 miles above sea level is correct!
date approved: 06/28/2014
last visited: 12/27/2014
Middle of the World (Mitad del Mundo) Monument near Quito, Ecuador
in Geographical Centers
Middle of the World Monument located at the equator near Quito, Ecuador.
posted by: honeybee77
date approved: 12/22/2007
Sumajman Quito, Ecuador Geocaching Tour Guide
in Geocaching Tour Guides
I am available when not traveling to guide you around to some of the Quito area geocaches. You should write me several weeks in advance to see if I'm in town. Tambien desponible para ensenarles a los nuevos que quieren aprender.
posted by: sumajman
date approved: 10/31/2008
last visited: never
Pathway of the Sun Museum (Museo de sitio Inti-ñan) at the equator
The outdoor Pathway of the Sun Museum (Museo de sitio Inti-ñan) located at the equator near Quito, Ecuador
E153.9 km
The equator- Quito, Equador
in Great Lines of Earth
An equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass.
posted by: superstein
date approved: 06/28/2010
SE154.8 km
Iglesia San Francisco - Quito, Ecuador
in This Old Church
Quito is a deeply religious town. It holds some of the most spectacular temples in the Americas, San Francisco being one of them. Groundbreaking for Iglesia San Francisco was in 1534 and it was completed 70 years later in 1604.
date approved: 06/26/2014
Compañía de Jesús - Quito, Ecuador
in Wikipedia Entries
This Church, known as the Church of the Society of Jesus in English, was completed in 1765.
posted by: Metro2
date approved: 06/18/2016
last visited: 11/18/2021
Virgen de Quito on El Panecillo - Quito, Ecuador
in Statues of Religious Figures
Made of 7,000 pieces of aluminum, Virgen de Quito is a 45 metre tall statue on top of a large pedestal. The madonna looks out over the citizens of Quito from its dominate position on El Panecello hill.
date approved: 06/27/2014
SE155 km
Historic Quito, UNESCO World Heritage Site - Quito, Ecuador
in World Heritage Sites
The City of Quito was one of the first UNESCO designated Heritage Sites. With hundreds of buildings dating 200-400 years old the city is an interesting example of a city struggling to preserve its heritage while adapting to modern civilization.
Quito's Historic Centre at Night - Quito, Ecuador
in Scenic at Night
At night Quito's historic centre takes on a special beauty. Photograph it from above or within to visit this waymark.
SE155.1 km
Plaza de la Independencia - Quito, Ecuador
in Municipal Parks and Plazas
Also called La Plaza Grande, this became the main square of Quito in the 16th century. Afraid the Incas might poison their water supply, the Spanish set up their own protected well here, and this plaza subsequently became the social center of town.
Monument to Heroes de la Independecia - Quito, Ecuador
in Political Revolutions
A monument to the heroes at the start of Ecuador's war for independence from Spain in 1820.
date approved: 06/22/2016